soft tires
Low pressure rubber
Soft tires are tires made from a rubber compound that grips the road better but wears out faster.
In motorsports, teams choose between soft, medium, and hard tire compounds depending on track conditions and race strategy—soft tires offer more traction for qualifying or short stints but degrade quickly under sustained use.
He switched to soft tires for the final laps to chase down the leader.
- gripSecure manual hold
- tractionAdhesive friction enabling movement
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
- compoundCombined into one
- stickyApt to adhere
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- racing tacticsovertaking, drafting, late braking, racing line, pit strategy
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